Chinelo Christine Okigbo MD PhD, MPH (She/Her)
Diabetes, Gonad Disorders & Reproductive, Osteoporosis & Bone Metabolism Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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855 W Brambleton AveSuite 1Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone+1 757-446-5908
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Education & Training
University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 2019 - 2021
AtlantiCare Regional Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2016 - 2019
Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health ScienceClass of 2006
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
NC State Medical License 2019 - 2022
NJ State Medical License 2016 - 2021
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
The International Society for Clinical DensitometryCertified Clinical Densitometrist (CCD)
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Thyroid Axis Adaptations to Moderate Short-term Energy Restriction in Healthy, Young Women.Skand Shekhar, Joselyne Tessa Tonleu, Chinelo Okigbo, Helen Leka, Anne E Kim
European Journal of Endocrinology. 2025-04-23 - 28 citationsGender norms and modern contraceptive use in urban Nigeria: a multilevel longitudinal study.Chinelo C. Okigbo, Ilene S. Speizer, Marisa Elena Domino, Sian L. Curtis, Carolyn Tucker Halpern
BMC Women's Health. 2018-10-29 - 10 citationsTrends in reproductive health indicators in Nigeria using demographic and health surveys (1990–2013)Chinelo C. Okigbo, Korede K. Adegoke, Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye
Global Public Health. 2017-06-01
Abstracts/Posters
- The Effects of Energy Restriction on Thyroid Hormone DynamicsJoselyne Tessa Tonelu, BS, Skand Shekhar, MD, Chinelo Okigbo, MD PhD, Helen Leka, BS, Anne Kim, MD, Bona Purse, MSW, Katie Hirsch, MA, EP-C, CISSN, Bin Wei, MS, Brian ..., Journal of the Endocrine Society, 5/3/2021
- Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Hypophysitis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Two Contrasting Case PresentationsChinelo Okigbo, MD PhD, Deepa Kirk, MD, Journal of the Endocrine Society, 5/3/2021
- Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis: a case study of recurrent familial paralysisChinelo Okigbo, MD PhD, Thyroid, 10/29/2019
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